Guide to Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, including historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study with handouts, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio show, with transcripts,...

This collection uses primary sources to explore The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.

This lesson is an introduction to a unit on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. It includes background infromation on the author and the text, a list of key terms, essential questions, and discusses the themes of the text...

Great reading guide for "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain. Provides pre-reading material, including an author bio, book introduction, background articles, and journaling activities, as well as charting and brainstorming ideas...

This lesson is a review to prepare for the final assessment over The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. It includes links to Mark Twain's biography, a Huck Finn Test Review, and self-assessment review questions.

This lesson focuses on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn vocabulary by providing a list of vocabulary terms and definitions and a crossword puzzle to test your understanding of the terms.

This lesson is a preparation for reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. It discusses the popularity of the book and the fact that it is one of the most controversial novels ever published. It includes links to a...

Bibliomania provides the complete text of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." Text is separated into chapters, and is an excellent example of regionalism, satire, theme, and irony.

This University of Virginia collection 'Mark Twain and His Times' provides an interesting student project by Maureen E. Riedy about the folk beliefs in "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

Patterns are everywhere! In this week-long learning adventure, children will discover what a pattern is and explore patterns in different ways. Children will learn that patterns consist of a "core" or "unit" that repeats as they identify...

It's time for lunch! For this week-long adventure, children will explore numbers and counting in the context of healthy eating. They will learn about the five food groups and create a healthy lunch using foods from each food group. Each...

The full-text of Jack London's novel Adventure originally published in 1911.

The complete text of "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood" by Howard Pyle is available here in PDF format. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, which was first released in 1883, is 395 pages pages long.

Animal Fun is here! In this week's adventure, Animal Measurement, children will explore measurement with the help of hermit crabs (investigating size correspondence by matching a hermit crab to its appropriate shell), beavers (visual...

Measuring fun is here! For this week's adventure, children will explore volume, capacity, and weight and learn new math vocabulary words as they practice measurement with real and virtual measuring tools. Each section of this weeklong...

Red apples, orange candles, yellow stars, green frogs, and blue, indigo, and violet flowers-they all add up to Rainbow Math fun! During this adventure children learn the colors of the rainbow as they practice counting, adding and...

Calling all Shape Detectives! In this weeklong adventure, the children will explore and search for basic shapes as they go on a shape hunt. They will describe, match, sort and compose a variety of two-dimensional shapes, and create a...

In this week's Afterschool Adventure, children will practice and explore strategies for solving addition and subtraction problems, such as using counters and rulers, performing mental math, and drawing pictures. As children encounter...

The animals need help! In this week's Afterschool Adventure, children will take the role of Animal Assistants and use their spatial skills to help save the day. Each section of this weeklong adventure is introduced by a video clip or...

Let's take it from the top! This week's adventure, Operation: Lights, Camera, Action!, takes children to a movie set where they work behind-the-scenes and explore different kinds of jobs such as production assistant (keeps track of the...

In this week's Afterschool Adventure, children will use number powers to solve problems and save the day! They will use grouping power to save a parade, skip counting power to catch a pie-snatching thief, and speed counting and place...

Get your spy glasses ready! In this weeklong adventure, children will explore shapes and their attributes and use this knowledge to decode a secret message. Children will learn about two-dimensional (flat) and three-dimensional (solid)...

It's time to stand in the spotlight! During this Afterschool Adventure, children will learn about and practice a variety of math skills as they gather information about their favorite subject-themselves! Children will start out by...

Choose from a variety of Afterschool Adventures covering multiple subject areas. Each adventure includes a detailed plan, videos, learning games, and book suggestions.